How W.E.B. Du Bois Found His Final Resting Place in Ghana
The Daily Beast March 6, 2017 The civil rights pioneer and author found his final home—and his burial site—in Ghana, the first African country to win independence from colonial rule. […]
Category Archives: Arts
Delhi’s Current Flows On
Electric Literature October 7, 2016 A walk in India’s capital with Akhil Sharma, winner of the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award Author Akhil Sharma visiting ruins in Delhi, spring 2012. Credit: […]
Stephen Park On Playing A Code-Switching Character In Steinbeck’s ‘East Of Eden’
NPR November 3, 2015 East of Eden, John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel, is on stage at Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf Theater through November 15. I remember reading the book as a teenager […]
In Bangladesh, a Vibrant Contemporary Scene
International New York Times March 14, 2014 DHAKA, Bangladesh — Political turmoil and violent nationwide strikes regularly disrupted life in Bangladesh last year. But on a hot night in Dhaka, […]
A Jewelry Maker Who Goes Far Beyond Metal
International Herald Tribune December 7, 2012 CHICAGO — In 1967, while she was a student at the University of Iowa, Kiff Slemmons and her boyfriend, now her husband, drove to […]
Heaven, closer to earth
Economist, Prospero October 12, 2012 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT is best known as a revolutionary American architect. A hallmark of his work is sensitivity to the natural environment—Fallingwater, the house he […]
Class act
Economist, Prospero October 10, 2012 “YOU are wrong if you think everyone has a choice,” says one character in “Good People”, a new play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Set in the […]
An Edgy Art Haven in India Gains Momentum
International Herald Tribune January 21, 2012 On a chilly winter evening in New Delhi, a crowd of art-goers spilled out from the doorway of a low building. Never mind that […]
King of India
Wall Street Journal Asia February 27, 2009 Gandhi was a source of inspiration for Martin Luther King Jr. New Delhi The Communist government of Kerala is not known for greeting […]
The Buddhist heritage of Pakistan: The beauty of ancient globalisation
Economist.com October 20, 2011 TODAY Peshawar in north-west Pakistan is a hotbed of insurgency and a strategic military entry point into Afghanistan. But more than 1,500 years ago the Gandhara […]
